Comipa

What Comipa does

Comipa Srl (doing business as Com.I.P.A. Srl, full name Compagnia Internazionale Polimeri ed Affini) is a family-owned trading and intermediary company for plastic materials, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Genoa, Italy. The company operates in the international plastics market with a primary specialization in polyethylene film, offering two core product lines: "Rigenerati" (regenerated plastic materials sourced exclusively from clean, well-filtered industrial waste, available in neutral, white, and colored variants) and "Materie Prime" (first-choice raw plastic materials). Comipa earns revenue through margins and commissions on transactions, acting as a commercial intermediary that connects Italian manufacturing buyers with producers, brokers, and regenerators across Europe, rather than through proprietary production or technology.

The company has no proprietary technology stack, no AI/ML components, no digital sales platform, and no app or API; its core capability lies in supplier relationship management, material quality vetting, and purchasing consultation. Its go-to-market is a direct B2B sales-led motion: the sales team engages Italian plastics processors across the entire national territory through personalized consultation, quote-based pricing, and physical delivery of materials. Customer support is delivered via phone, email, and a multilingual website, with no evidence of online ordering or self-service commerce. Comipa's customer base is concentrated in Italian plastics processing companies that need polyethylene film raw or regenerated feedstock for production.

Comipa is a private limited company (Srl) under Italian law, with a stated share capital of €10,400 and headcount in the 11–50 range. There is no indication of external investors, venture or private equity funding, parent company, subsidiaries, patents, certifications, or M&A activity. The ownership commentary describes the firm as bootstrapped and family-operated since inception, with no public listing or stock exchange presence.

Name

Comipa

Legal name

Comipa Srl

Website

https://comipa.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Comipa Srl is a family-owned Italian trading and intermediary firm founded in 1983 in Genoa, specializing in polyethylene film materials — both regenerated and virgin — sourced from European producers and resold to Italian plastics manufacturers via direct B2B sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Materials Trading & Brokerage

NAICS

Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers (424610)

SIC

Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160), Unsupported Plastics Film & Sheet (3081)

akta.pro primary industry

Polyolefins (PE, PP) (IMAEANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commodity Plastic Compounds (PE/PP/PS/PVC) (IMANABAA), Compounding & Additives for Recycled Plastics (Compatibilizers, Stabilizers, Color) (EUAIAKAJ)

Keywords

• Plastic materials trading
• Regenerated polymers
• Polyethylene film supply
• Raw polymer materials
• Industrial plastics brokerage

Headquarters

HQ city

Genoa

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Plastic Materials Trading and Intermediation: Revenue generated through trading and intermediation of plastic materials, primarily polyethylene for film applications. The company acts as a commercial intermediary connecting buyers with producers, regenerators, and brokers across Europe. Income derives from margins or commissions on material transactions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Comipa Srl trades and intermediates plastic materials — primarily polyethylene for film applications — for Italian industrial customers. It sources both regenerated/recycled polyethylene (Rigenerati) from European regenerators and first-choice raw polyethylene (Materie Prime), then resells them with purchasing consultation to plastics-processing manufacturers throughout Italy.

Product overview

Comipa Srl is a family-run trading and brokering company for plastic materials, operating since 1983 from Genoa, Italy. The company operates in the international plastic materials market with two core product lines: Rigenerati (regenerated/recycled materials sourced from clean industrial waste) and Materie Prime (first-choice raw materials), with film polyethylene being the predominant sector. The company offers purchasing consultation services and maintains collaboration agreements with regenerators across Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rigenerati

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• European Regenerators (Various)coreOthersComipa has established multiple collaboration agreements with regenerators throughout Europe. These partnerships provide the company with a reliable supply of regenerated plastic materials (primarily polyethylene) for resale to Italian customers. The materials sourced are exclusively from clean, well-filtered industrial waste.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Biesterfeld Plastic: European plastics distributor headquartered in Hamburg, supplying polymer resins including polyolefins to converters across multiple geographies. Comparable to Comipa as a merchant wholesaler of plastic raw materials, though at substantially larger scale and with broader product breadth.
• Nexeo Plastics: Global plastics distributor (formerly Ashland distribution business) supplying thermoplastics including polyolefins. Directly comparable business model to Comipa as a merchant wholesaler intermediating between resin producers and converters.
• Gazechim Plastics: French-headquartered European plastics distributor serving converters across multiple countries with prime and specialty polymer grades. Comparable as a mid-sized European polymer merchant wholesaler.
• Bamberger Polymers: Global polymer resin distributor specializing in polyolefins (PE, PP) and recycled-content grades. Closely comparable to Comipa in focus on polyolefin distribution and recycled plastic sourcing.
• Distrupol: European plastics distributor (Univar Solutions subsidiary) selling thermoplastics and specialty polymers to converters. Operates the same merchant-wholesaler model as Comipa, supplying virgin and engineered polymers across European territories.
• M. Holland: North American plastics resin distributor with growing European presence, supplying polyolefins and engineered polymers to converters. Comparable merchant-wholesaler model and product focus.
• Resinex: European distributor of plastics and rubber with a broad polyolefins portfolio. Comparable as a polymer merchant wholesaler serving converters across multiple European markets, including Italy.

Regional players

• Eurocompound: Italian plastics compounder and distributor. Comparable as a domestic Italian player in the plastic raw materials trading and compounding space, serving similar converter customers.

Broad incumbents

• Versalis (Eni): Italian chemical company and major polyethylene producer. Comparable as a domestic Italian polyolefins incumbent whose products Comipa may source or compete against as a merchant intermediary.
• LyondellBasell: Global polyolefins producer and one of the largest PE/PP manufacturers in Europe. Relevant as a broad incumbent in the same polyolefins value chain that Comipa intermediates — and a potential upstream counterparty.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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